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Welcome to the Women's Fund for the Fox Valley Region, Inc., an organization working to create positive social change by funding programs that improve our community by investing in the unique needs and talents of women and girls. The Women's Fund pools together gifts both large and small from a broad base of donors to support our grants, education and advocacy work.
Worldwide, women and children are disproportionately represented among victims of violence, the poorest of the poor, and the uneducated. In the United States, 37 million people live below the poverty line—21 million of them are women. When you give a woman equal access to opportunity, her family and community will thrive.
Women's Fund Annual Luncheon
Please join us for our tenth annual luncheon, Picture This, on September 9, 2010 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. Bestselling author Kris Radish will deliver a keynote speech sure to inspire. This is the premier women's event in the Fox Valley, so make your reservation today! Learn more.
2010 Grantee Partners Announced
The Women's Fund is excited to announce $48,173 in grant awards from our annual competitive grant cycle this spring. A complete description of the projects funded is available here.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition reports that the housing wage (the amount a full-time worker must earn in order to afford a two-bedroom unit at the area's Fair Market Rent in the Appleton-Neenah-Oshkosh MSA) is $12.80 per hour. Workers such as childcare providers, home health aides, nursing aides, receptionists, teacher assistants, and pharmacy technicians all earn, on average, less than the area's living wage.
